The Catch-Up: August 2nd, 2013 – Hotline Miami PS3/Vita Patch 1.01, Saints Row IV Developer Diary, Whore of the Orient Gameplay Footage?

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The North American PlayStation Plus free games for August will be unveiled this Monday. Any hopes/guesses?

General News

  • Thanks to an updated retailer listing, it looks like the physical version of The Walking Dead Season 1 + 400 Days on PlayStation Vita will be $24.99. [Source]
  • Sega Sammy is one of the 20 companies reportedly interested in bidding for Atlus’ parent company, Index Holdings. [Via/Source]
  • So far in Japan, Dragon’s Crown has already shipped 300,000 copies through retail and digital, which is really, really good. [Via/Source]
  • Housemarque will be at gamescom this month, though they failed to say what they’ll be showing off. [Twitter]
  • Australia voted on their favorite PlayStation games of all time, with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas taking top spot, followed by The Last of Us, and Kingdom Hearts. [Top 10]
  • The Hotline Miami patch on PS3/PS Vita that fixes bugs and glitches is now available in Europe and North America. Here’s a picture of the patch notes: [Twitter 1, 2, 3, 4]

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  • You can expect ESRB logos to look a little different going forward [Source]:

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Here’s a picture of Hideo Kojima with balls on his head…and a creepy guy staring at him in the suit [Twitter]:

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New Videos

  • Saints Row IV gets its first developer diary:

  • Coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3 via the PSN later this year, the free-to-play Ace Combat: Infinity gets a new teaser trailer:

  • Here’s a trailer for Ms. Germinator:

Videogamer has obtained what they claim is the first gameplay footage for Whore of the Orient:

Any interest in Ace Combat: Infinity? Let us know in the comments below.

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